I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Sept 2015
Interview
After the initial phone screen, which includes technical questions and a peer coding exercise, I was invited for an on campus interview. This includes multiple technical rounds which include system design, and white board coding. What is most important, especially if you are an experienced engineer who has not interviewed for some time, is to study core data structures and algorithms, and to practice coding on a white board. I used the Algorithm Design Manual and the CLRS Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms as study guides. Its Google, the team was great and super intelligent, but I ultimately selected a start up for my next, and current opportunity. I won't go into offer details, but I will say that turning down a Google offer is very difficult.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You should never disclose interview questions. If you do, they will end up on a banned list, and the interviewers who know how to use those questions as discriminators for hiring will be forced to find new questions that they are less comfortable with. This will make it more difficult for future candidates to interview well. Also you should be honest and respect any NDAs you sign.
The interview lasted about a day, with 5 different interviewers. For each section, the technical questions took most of the part. They also showed me their office in Toronto, which was nice
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the most difficult problem you solved during your last job?
it was difficult. lengthy dsa questions. design was ok. needs nice preperation. googlyness also needs preperation. it was difficult. lengthy dsa questions. design was ok. needs nice preperation. googlyness also needs preperation.
One of the interviewer seemed disintered about core tack and focused on AI only. No techinical project wer considered ven if they were highly rated by peers an the community
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